Roman of Bulgaria

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Roman of Bulgaria was a late 10th-century Tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire, ruling during a period of Byzantine pressure and internal decline.

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Label Occurrences
Roman of Bulgaria canonical 4

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tsar of Bulgaria ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate circa 930 ⓘ
capturedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
capturedDuringReignOf John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
castratedBy Byzantine authorities ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine emperors
closelyAssociatedWith Samuel of Bulgaria ⓘ
contemporaryOf Basil II ⓘ
Samuel of Bulgaria ⓘ
country First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
deathDate circa 997 ⓘ
deathPlace Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deFactoPowerHeldBy Samuel of Bulgaria ⓘ
dynasty Krum dynasty ⓘ
escapedFrom Constantinople ⓘ
ethnicity Bulgarian ⓘ
father Peter I of Bulgaria ⓘ
governedTerritories western parts of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
grandfather Simeon I of Bulgaria ⓘ
heldTitleWhileInCaptivity Tsar of Bulgaria ⓘ
historicalEra 10th century ⓘ
issue no known legitimate children ⓘ
mainRivalState Byzantine Empire ⓘ
mother Maria Lekapene ⓘ
motherFamilyBackground Byzantine aristocracy ⓘ
notableEvent continuation of Bulgarian resistance in western regions ⓘ
loss of eastern Bulgarian territories to Byzantium ⓘ
notedFor being overshadowed by the military leadership of Samuel of Bulgaria ⓘ
nominal rule under strong Byzantine pressure ⓘ
placeOfDetention Constantinople ⓘ
positionHeld Tsar of the Bulgarians ⓘ
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
predecessor Boris II of Bulgaria ⓘ
reasonForNoHeirs castration ⓘ
reignCharacterizedBy Byzantine military pressure ⓘ
internal decline of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
territorial losses ⓘ
reignEnd 997 ⓘ
reignStart 977 ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
soughtRefugeWith Cometopuli brothers ⓘ
spouse unknown ⓘ
styleOfTitle Tsar of the Bulgarians ⓘ
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
succeededOnThroneAfter abdication of Boris II ⓘ
successor Samuel of Bulgaria ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel of Bulgaria → predecessor → Roman of Bulgaria ⓘ
Krum dynasty → hasMonarch → Roman of Bulgaria ⓘ
Boris II of Bulgaria → successor → Roman of Bulgaria ⓘ
Boris II of Bulgaria → sibling → Roman of Bulgaria ⓘ